Sab kahan kuch lala-o-Gul mean numaya ho gayi
khak mea kya suratean hongi ki pinha ho gayi
Ranj se kho gar huwa insaan to mit jata hai ranj
Mushkilean mujh par padean itni ki aasan ho gayi
Yunhi gar rota raha Ghalib to ae ahl-e-jahan
Dekhna in bastiyoun ko tum ki veeran hi gayi
khak mea kya suratean hongi ki pinha ho gayi
Ranj se kho gar huwa insaan to mit jata hai ranj
Mushkilean mujh par padean itni ki aasan ho gayi
Yunhi gar rota raha Ghalib to ae ahl-e-jahan
Dekhna in bastiyoun ko tum ki veeran hi gayi